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2024-06-30
NEW HOUSING impresses as the most important meeting place for tiny houses in Europe

Taking home comforts with you when you move: what Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius described as utopia almost 100 years ago is now reality for the Tiny House Community. The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival at the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre has established itself as a fixed address for the industry from all over Europe. Nowhere else is there a bigger offer for fans of tiny houses. Nowhere else can visitors experience such a wide variety of tiny houses from numerous European countries. And nowhere else can visitors meet so many like-minded people, suppliers and experts as at the Tiny House Festival at the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre.

The fifth edition of Europe's largest Tiny House Festival took place from 28 to 30 June. Almost 80 exhibitors showcased everything that goes with living in a tiny house. These included over 30 small buildings - from Tiny Houses On Wheels, modular houses, mini houses, classic timber frame or lightweight aluminium constructions to micro flats. Once again, more than 8,000 visitors also found out about practical room solutions, construction planning, plots of land and financing as well as accessories.

"Tiny homes are becoming increasingly popular as a possible living concept. More and more local authorities are also promoting tiny house developments and see them as an opportunity to counteract the housing shortage and rising rents. Since its first edition six years ago, Messe Karlsruhe has developed NEW HOUSING into the central meeting point for the community. What began in 2018 with just a few houses and a small exhibition area has now become the European industry meeting point. Visitors from all German states and ten per cent from abroad can view the largest variety of small houses at Messe Karlsruhe. The Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre also paved the way for the founding of the Tiny House Association. This makes Karlsruhe the centre for the tiny house movement in Germany and Europe," says Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe.

High willingness to buy and demand meet suitable offers

Numerous visitors have already come to Karlsruhe with concrete ideas, visions and business models - like Sandra Greiner from Offenburg. She would like to offer assisted living for senior citizens in tiny houses: "I'm looking for answers to questions about finding land, planning permission and, of course, the houses themselves. And NEW HOUSING is helping me a lot. This is my first time here and I'm impressed by the variety of houses on show."

Another trade visitor is Klaus Ruoff from Kirchheim Teck, who is also looking to invest: "I'm planning to build several tiny houses on the Cape Verde Islands. The application has been submitted, I'm still waiting for authorisation. This is my second time at NEW HOUSING. I'm hoping to find the right information here."

Three quarters of visitors consider the Tiny House Festival to be a very important investment. Overall, visitors - including 17 per cent of trade visitors - were very satisfied with NEW HOUSING. A survey peak of around 95 per cent was achieved here.

High level of satisfaction among suppliers

The exhibitors from all over Europe confirm the buying interest: "This is our second time at NEW HOUSING and we will be here again next year. Our ten employees are working at full capacity. We have many guests who have proactively signalled that they want to buy," says Vanessa Wenk from Immowenk Immobilien in Karlsruhe.

Dominika Farys exhibited at NEW HOUSING for the first time with Forward Homes from Norway. She showed her modular house in the Tiny Giants Area and wants to come back next year: "As soon as the fair opened, there was a huge rush of visitors. We have already been to trade fairs in Oslo and Warsaw, but NEW HOUSING surpasses them by far. Some of our visitors want to buy tiny houses for themselves, others are planning investments in the B2B sector. We are very satisfied."

All of this emphasises that NEW HOUSING is Europe's largest, most important and most influential trade fair for tiny houses.

New workshop programme sold out

New to the portfolio this year were the workshops on topics such as "Tiny House as Retirement Security", "Mini Houses and Building Law" and "Tiny House Room Layout", which were sold out right from the start. René Naumann, the responsible division manager, emphasises: "The workshops are an excellent addition to the programme. Mini houses are as individual as their owners. Especially when compared to conventional houses, it is extremely important to fully customise them to the needs of the occupants when there is less space. We succeeded in doing this with the workshops. And the positive feedback from the participants proves us right."

This is also confirmed by Heidi Pintschovius, who currently lives in the United Kingdom and is planning her return to Germany with and in a tiny house: "I really enjoyed the workshop. The two speakers brought lifestyle questions to their workshop, the answers to which can't be googled anywhere."

Expert forum always very well attended

Once again this year, the expert forum in the action hall in the entrance area of the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre was an integral part of the trade fair. Every day from morning to evening, people from the industry gave talks on topics such as "Phytotiny, small mobile plant purification systems", "Self-build room modules or micro houses" or "Tiny house financing". Participants also took the opportunity to network with the speakers and each other after the presentations.

Festival character emphasises the idea of networking

Even more than in the past, the festival character played a role in the conception of the trade fair. In addition to the lounge atmosphere in the atrium with a bar, DJ and food trucks, musicians provided live music on all three days. "We see that, in addition to the investment decision per se, there is a great need for dialogue within the community. Buying a mini-home always involves personal dialogue. Here, people can find like-minded people, suitable suppliers and a suitable feel-good atmosphere that reflects this lifestyle. With our festival character, we offer a pleasant atmosphere that invites people to buy, but also to exchange ideas and network," says Ramona Jonait, project manager of NEW HOUSING.

Date for 2025

In 2025, Messe Karlsruhe will once again be the most important European platform for small-scale living with NEW HOUSING. The event will then take place from 27 to 29 June.

2024-06-28
Digital press kit for NEW HOUSING 2024
2024-06-27
Discussion: How can tiny house developments be created?

There has been a tiny house settlement in Ettlingen since 2019, people have been living in a tiny house settlement in the village of Lilleby near Hamburg since 2020 and in Unterammergau since 2022. More and more municipalities want to create tiny house settlements in response to the lack of living space and rising property prices.

At the first NEW-HOUHSING press talk, experts from the industry discussed the opportunities, hurdles and paths to the village of tiny houses.

The panel was moderated by Chris Klerner. Together with his partner Caro Werner, the pair host the "tinyon" podcast. Klerner discussed with Regina Schleyer, who is the chairwoman of the Tiny House Association in Karlsruhe, which was founded in 2019. Fabian Müller from Vilcomo is an expert in connecting people and communities. Scientist Nadine Nebel at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences wants to find out how many square metres happiness needs. And Ramona Jonait, project manager at NEW HOUSING, has an excellent overview of the industry.

Quotes

On the question of how best to proceed when planning a tiny house development, Müller said: "Developments or neighbourhoods stand or fall on political will. The best thing to do is to approach the mayor directly. You should take a structured approach. It is also important to involve the municipality if you want to create a tiny house neighbourhood."

Schleyer reported on geographical focuses: "In terms of manufacturers, it's quite well spread out geographically. There are a few associations in the north, more in the south. In Baden-Württemberg, we from the association always recommend: Take a look at the state building regulations. There is experimental living there."

Nebel replied to the question of how housing estates with mini houses can be created: "The right people have to be in the right places to make decisions. Some people try something out and see how it works. The whole thing is a process."

When asked about the visitors to the Tiny House Festival, Jonait said: "We have visitors at NEW HOUSING who are interested in short-term housing solutions. However, the majority who come to us want long-term solutions. In general, we have a very colourful mix of visitors - from young to old."

Watch the discussion on video

Interested parties can watch the entire press talk on video - on the NEW HOUSING website or on the YouTube channel of Europe's largest Tiny House Festival.

2024-06-26
WATCH LIVE VIDEO NOW: Tiny house settlements: Opportunities, hurdles and paths to the village of tiny houses

Mühlacker wants them, Ettlingen and Unterammergau already have them and residents in Florida have been living in them since the 1960s - we are talking about tiny house settlements. These communities, in which people live only in mini houses of various kinds, are increasingly becoming a real alternative to the classic single-family home.

In a panel discussion on 27 June from 10 a.m., experts will discuss the hurdles on the way to a tiny house settlement, how this can be achieved, but also the opportunities associated with it.

THE LIVE VIDEO CAN BE VIEWED HERE

The panel discussion will take place as part of the fifth NEW HOUSING at the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre. Europe's largest Tiny House Festival takes place from 28 to 30 June and offers over 30 different houses and almost 70 exhibitors in one place.

Christian Klener and his partner Caro Werner recorded an episode for their podcast "tinyon" on stage in front of an audience at NEW HOUSING 2023. Now Klerner will host the first NH Press Talk. (Image: Jürgen Rösner/Messe Karlsruhe)

The moderator

The talk will be hosted by Chris Klerner. Together with his partner Caro Werner, he has been running the podcast "tinyon" since mid-2022, where the two of them shed light on all aspects of minimalist living. At NEW HOUSING 2023, the two recorded a podcast episode (german) live in the Tiny House Festival expert forum.

The discussants

Klerner, who will also be discussing the topic as an inhabitant of a tiny house, will be joined by Regina Schleyer. She is the chairwoman of the association, which was founded at the end of 2019 and last year published the industry standard for small buildings for the first time, a collective work designed to make it easier to successfully obtain small building permits.

Fabian Müller will also be part of the panel. The founder and managing director of Vilcomo works in the field of building land development and municipal consulting. He is well connected and knows how to reconcile the interests of all parties involved.

Nadine Nebel will also contribute her expertise. She is a research officer and designer at the Institute for Liveable and Environmentally Friendly Urban Development at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences (In-Lust) and wants to use her latest study to investigate whether there is a connection between living space and housing satisfaction. One of the ways she is doing this is by using a real-life laboratory in which people live and in which the living space is gradually increased. She is bringing the initial results to NEW HOUSING.

The panel will be completed by Ramona Jonait. As project manager of Europe's largest Tiny House Festival and a member of the association's board, she knows the players in the industry and is very well connected.

2024-05-28
What visitors of NEW HOUSING 2024 can expect

Houses, service providers, experts and much more - from 28 to 30 June, NEW HOUSING at Messe Karlsruhe will once again offer everything and perhaps more that fans of and those interested in all kinds of small living arrangements are interested in.

Many different house types

Almost 70 exhibitors will be presenting more than 30 houses at Europe's largest Tiny House Festival. These include Tiny Houses on Wheels, but also modular houses. These can be adapted to the respective living situation and scaled up or down accordingly. Overall, the range on show includes buildings in classic timber frame or lightweight aluminium construction, micro-apartments as well as single and mini houses. Visitors to Hall 1 will also encounter suppliers of practical furniture, banks and other service providers. Advice centres, such as the Tiny House Association, will also be on site.

The site plan

In addition to Hall 1, where most of the exhibitors will be located, NEW HOUSING will also take place in the green atrium. At the heart of the fair, visitors can view other houses up close. The Tiny Giants Area is available for those who want to see small giants.

Strong content

The workshops have been here before and are back at NEW HOUSING. These are designed for beginners as well as for Tiny House experts. Interested parties can work on various topics related to tiny houses in intensive courses. A workshop lasts about two hours, so that a relaxed visit to the festival is still possible.

An integral part of NEW HOUSING, and also taking part again this year, are the presentations by experts in the forum, which is being moderated for the first time this year. The 30-minute keynote speeches will cover topics such as ‘Building smaller in solid construction’, ‘Separate toilets in tiny houses’ and ‘Tiny house financing’. Nadine Nebel will also be present. The scientist from Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences will talk about her research project, in which she wants to find out, roughly speaking, how many square metres happiness needs.

NEW HOUSING at ‘tinyon’

Chris&Caro from the podcast ‘tinyon’ will be represented in both the workshops and the expert forum. As they did last year, they will be recording an episode live on the NEW HOUSING stage. They will talk about their first year of living in a tiny house and the 365 insights they have gained during this time.

Ramona Jonait, NEW HOUSING project manager, was a guest on the ‘tinyon’ podcast a few weeks ago. She says: ‘What I like about NEW HOUSING is that it is a unique platform for an industry that is still growing. The festival plays its part in bringing diverse players together and bringing more stability, acceptance and understanding to and for the market. I am most looking forward to a real festival feeling, to great moments of exchange, to a meeting of the most diverse people. Because we all have one thing in common: an interest in small-scale living.’

Music and culinary delights

The Tiny Concerts at NEW HOUSING will encourage people to come together and create a real festival feeling. On all three festival days from 12 noon to 2 pm - and on Saturday from 2.45 pm to 4.45 pm - young singer-songwriters will provide live music and perhaps give one or two people goosebumps.

A total of nine food trucks will be providing an unprecedented variety of culinary delights this year. From Mexican food to unusual fries and sweets, NEW HOUSING is sure to please every food lover.

Special service

Visitors on site, but also those interested at home, will receive a very special service this year. In the live blog, which will be available on the NEW HOUSING website, the trade fair team will provide regular updates on everything important about the festival.

‘Once again this year, the NEW HOUSING team has succeeded in creating a great mix of a valuable exhibition that is unique in Europe, highly interesting lectures and workshops, and a relaxed atmosphere worthy of a festival. I can hardly wait to see how visitors will take up the offer, what exciting discussions will arise and how the mini-house movement will continue to develop - also with the help of NEW HOUSING,’ says René Naumann, Head of the Own Exhibitions Division at Messe Karlsruhe.

2024-05-10
From tiny house builders to separating toilets: these are the exhibitors at NEW HOUSING

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Tiny House (On Wheels)

Eco Tiny-House

The Romanian company Eco Tiny-House has already built more than 450 Tiny-Houses and customized more than 300 of them to the specific personal needs and wishes of its customers. Eco Tiny-House offers compact and sustainable living solutions that meet the needs of a broad customer group such as private households and companies that are looking for sustainable living solutions. The fact that the CEO himself lives in a Tiny House underlines the company's commitment to its products and the underlying way of life. Eco Tiny-House offers the opportunity to of trial living.

This is an example of a "Tiny Getaway" from Eco Tiny-House. (Image: Eco Tiny-House)

Mobi House Deutschland GmbH

Mobi House Deutschland from Rostock focuses on producing small, compact living solutions that are suitable for both camping and permanent living. Despite their size, these tiny houses offer everything you need for living. In particular, people who prefer a deliberately minimalist lifestyle and are looking for an alternative to expensive rental apartments or real estate in the city will find the right partner here.

This is what the MOBIKOLOS interior could look like. (Image: Mobi House Deutschland GmbH)

Raumszene GmbH

Raumszene GmbH from Karlsruhe is presenting its Tiny and modular house prototypes and its range of services to the public for the first time at NEW HOUSING 2024. The combination of design and sufficient living appeals to a wide range of private and corporate customers who are looking for individual and sustainable living solutions. At the trade fair, the employees of Raumszene GmbH are looking forward to exchanging ideas with interested visitors and like-minded people and receiving valuable feedback on their own work.

SOLIDO WOOD HOUSE SRL

The Tiny Houses from SOLIDO WOOD HOUSE are designed for self-sufficient living and offer a sustainable and environmentally friendly housing option. As an off-grid living solution, the Tiny Houses on Wheels are ideal for renting out or as an AirBNB. Although the SOLIDO WOOD HOUSE team does not live permanently in a tiny house itself, it regularly uses them for leisure activities and therefore knows exactly what needs and requirements its customers have. After NEW HOSUING 2023 was a great experience for them, they are participating for the second time this year.

A Tiny House on Wheels is perfect as an off-grid living solution (Image: SOLIDO WOOD HOUSE SRL)

Modular/ Small house

ABC Wohnen GmbH (Kleinsteinhaus.de)

True to its name, the company from Bunde specializes in small buildings in solid construction with a focus on energy efficiency. According to ABC Wohnen, its houses are ideal for couples, singles, people approaching retirement age, minimalists and investors looking for a small property. The first show home is currently being built in Emden in the East Frisia region.

This is what the small stone houses from ABC Wohnen GmbH can look like. (Image: ABC Wohnen GmbH)

EDEN Spaces byGeorg Ackermann GmbH

EDEN Spaces by Georg Ackermann from Wiesenbronn is presenting its market entry at NEW HOUSING 2024. The company offers a wide range of tiny house kits that enable people to build their own homes precisely, digitally, easily and sustainably - from kits to turnkey solutions. Houses from EDEN Spaces claim to be completely demountable and changeable in design. This is made possible by a patented plug-in system. This means that all materials can be separated into their individual components again without gluing. The window cut-out fits without the need for additional measurements. The house adapts flexibly to the needs and preferences of the target group. The company also offers the option of trial living as well as support with self-construction.

The patented plug-in system from EDEN Spaces makes gluing unnecessary. (Image: Georg Ackermann GmbH)
This is what the interior of the DQTower looks like. (Image: DQApartments GmbH)

DQApartments GmbH

The modular house manufacturer DQApartments from Zimmern presents a world first: the only Tiny House that is built upwards. With a footprint of around 4x4 meters and three floors, the DQTower offers an innovative solution to the lack of space and living space. The target group for the DQTower includes investors, landlords, digital nomads, city administrations and companies looking for flexible and efficient solutions.

Greenflax Innovations GmbH

Greenflax Innovations GmbH from Berlin is a new exhibitor at NEW HOUSING 2024 and will be presenting its modular houses. To see the quality of these houses for themselves, interested parties have the opportunity to try them out via trial living.

Iglucraft OÜ

This Estonian manufacturer offers saunas and cabins built with natural materials and first-class craftsmanship. Iglucraft OÜ offers handcrafted turnkey solutions suitable for architects, property owners, AirBnB accommodation developers and anyone dreaming of a sophisticated retreat. The employees themselves enjoy using the cabins and saunas in their own igloo park for weekend stays, thus perfecting their product even further. Iglucraft OÜ describes itself as the "something different that everyone has been waiting for". To see for yourself, there is the possibility of a trial stay.

This is a cabin from Iglucraft - additionally equipped with a whirlpool. (Image: Iglucraft OÜ)

Little Lodge GmbH

Visitors to the trade fair can look forward to seeing Little Lodge GmbH from Burladingen, a manufacturer of mini houses. The company builds the mini houses in cross-laminated timber construction, which are specially designed for long-term living. Particular attention is paid to the sustainability of the materials, which are sourced from the region wherever possible. Little Lodge's mini houses appeal to a broad target group, including young and older couples looking for a compact yet comfortable living solution.

This is what the mini house in cross-laminated timber construction from Little Lodge looks like. (Image: Little Lodge GmbH)

Schwörer Haus KG

FlyingSpaces - that's the name of the mini houses that Schwörer Haus from Hohenstein is bringing to NEW HOUSING 2024. According to the manufacturer, the little houses are suitable for living in the countryside as well as for urban densification. Whether a workplace, private wellness oasis, granny apartment or guest wing - with FlyingSpaces, living space can be expanded in no time at all. The residential modules are placed freely in the garden or simply connected to the existing main building - also stacked on top of each other on two floors or as a barrier-free residential unit. The company offers the option of a trial home as well as support with self-construction.

This is an example of a GreenLivingSpace, which is located in Langenhagen. (Image: Schwörer Haus KG)

TINY SYSTEMS

Attending NEW HOUSING for the second time, TINY SYSTEMS from Neckarsulm focuses in particular on turnkey modular houses, which are delivered as a single unit and have an area of around 50 square meters. These houses are characterized by an extremely short delivery time of just four months and are ready for use within one day of delivery. The company also offers support for self-assembly. While TINY SYSTEMS appeals to a broad target group, most customers are over 50 and looking for a suitable home for retirement. All homes are therefore also offered barrier-free and age-appropriate.

This is how the modular houses from TINY SYSTEMS are delivered. (Image: TINY SYSTEMS)

Wolf System GmbH

The portfolio of Wolf System from Osterhofen ranges from houses, stables and halls to carports, commercial and industrial buildings. Wolf System's customer group is just as diverse as its repertoire. From farmers who want to expand their farm with a new detached house to senior citizens who want a barrier-free home, Wolf System offers the right building concept for everyone. As a special highlight at NEW HOUSING, Wolf System will be presenting its bungalows, which offer comfortable living in a manageable space from 20 square meters. These living concepts convince with their innovation, sustainability and optional accessibility.

The senior module is one of the barrier-free options offered by Wolf System GmbH. (Image: Wolf System GmbH)

Wunder-Werker GbR Heinrich Baumann

This company from Sasbach offers tiny modular houses, mobile Black Forest saunas and professional gardening and landscaping. At Wunder-Werker, customers have the opportunity to design their unique home, supported by architects and craftsmen from a single source. Wunder-Werker are convinced that with the right design, a Tiny House is in no way inferior to a standard house.

According to the provider, every Tiny modular house from Wunder-Werker GmbH is unique. (Image: Wunder-Werker GbR Heinrich Baumann)

Tiny House accessories

Separett GmbH

Separett from Hanover has been developing water-free toilet solutions for more than 45 years. These offer sanitary solutions where water or wastewater systems can pose a problem. In addition, they are able to support self-sufficiency, off-grid and water-saving orientation. A Separett toilet can save around 32 liters of water per person per day, which is particularly beneficial for minimalist living and locations without a functioning sewage system. This is the third time in a row that they are exhibiting at NEW HOUSING!

The dry separation toilet from Separett fits into many tiny houses. (Image: Separett GmbH)

Vinylit Fassaden GmbH

Vinylit Fassaden GmbH from Kassel claims to be an innovation leader in the field of recycled and recyclable plastic facades. The company promises a material cycle for its products of around 170 years. PVC production waste is immediately recycled in specially developed facilities and fed back into the production process. Regular painting of the facades should also be a thing of the past, as soiling can be easily removed with a high-pressure cleaner.

This is an example of a Vinylit facade on a Tiny House. (Image: Vinylit Fassaden GmbH)
2024-03-27
They are back: Workshops enrich NEW HOUSING 2024

From 28 to 30 June, Messe Karlsruhe will once again become Europe's largest tiny house festival at NEW HOUSING. Almost 70 exhibitors will be presenting, among other things, more than 30 houses with a wide variety of tiny house designs.

But tiny house fans and enthusiasts can also look forward to seeing old friends: the workshops are back! "Sharing ideas, working on topics together, practical application - that's what the workshops are all about. I'm looking forward to seeing how they are received by our participants," says Ramona Jonait, Project Manager of NEW HOUSING.

The workshop times

Three workshops will be offered on each of the three festival days Friday, Saturday and Sunday - from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm, from 12.45 pm to 1.45 pm and from 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm.

With Chris and Caro from the podcast "tinyon", interested parties can work together on the path to their own mini house. Under the title "How the dream finally becomes reality - the first step towards living in a tiny house", the two will help you take the right steps to become a safe and reliable part of the tiny house community and avoid mistakes in the process. This workshop is designed for 25 participants.

Anika Falke (Falke Design) will be offering two workshops on Saturday and Sunday - depending on the progress made on the way to your own tiny house. The workshop on Saturday is designed for beginners, the one on Sunday for advanced users. How do take the step towards small living? What do you really have to do without and where does the renunciation begin? How much luxury is still possible? These workshops have been designed for 15 to a maximum of 20 participants. you

The mini house as an investment: As part of their workshop, Roxana Sochan and her sister Natalie from Kadolz Homes explain how this works. (Image: Benedikt Spether/Messe Karlsruhe)

Fabian Müller from Vilcomo will kick off the workshop on Friday morning. Müller is an expert in networking people with local authorities. He knows what legal steps future mini-house residents need to take in order to obtain land and planning permission, for examplace. What applications need to be completed? Who do interested parties need to contact? What tips and tricks are there for hieving success for the dream home in the desired municipality? Müller will answer these and other questions. 25 people can take part in this workshop.

You don't necessarily have to live in a tiny house yourself - or at least not immediately. The Kadolz Homes workshop will discuss how you can provide for yourself and your future with a tiny house. Roxana Sochan and her sister Natalie will show how people can use their tiny house as an investment - whether for retirement planning or for passive income. A maximum of 30 people can take part in this workshop.

These and other workshops can be booked on the NEW HOUSING website at www.new-housing.de.

2024-03-25
Tickets available for NEW HOUSING 2024

NEW HOUSING at Messe Karlsruhe is Europe's largest tiny house festival. Almost 70 exhibitors will be showing more than 30 houses from June 28 to 30 - including Tiny Houses on Wheels, modular houses and other forms of small housing. If you want to be there, you can now purchase tickets.

A day ticket, which entitles you to entry from the opening at 10 a.m. until the exhibition closes at 6 p.m., costs 18 euros (concessions 15 euros). Children up to the age of eleven can visit NEW HOUSING free of charge. If you want to come to the festival on all three days, you can pay 45 euros (concessions 36). The happy hour ticket, which entitles you to enter from 3 pm, costs 15 euros.

VISIT THE TICKET SHOP

How to get there

There are many ways to get to Messe Karlsruhe in Rheinstetten. Those arriving by streetcar must get off at the Messe/Leichtsandstraße or Messe Nord stop. From the city center, you can take the S2 line in the direction of Rheinstetten. From the main station, take lines S1 and S11 in the direction of Neureut or Hochstetten and lines 2 in the direction of Knielingen Nord and 3 in the direction of Daxlanden or Rappenwörth.

From June 28 to 30, the Messe-Express will run between Karlsruhe Central Station and the Rheinstetten Exhibition Center. The shuttle runs every half hour from 9.40 a.m. to 6.10 p.m. and is free of charge.

If you are traveling by car from the A5 and A8 motorways, leave the freeway at the Kalsruhe-Süd exit and follow the "Messe" signs. From the A65, visitors take the B10 in the direction of "Messe".

Barrier-free

The Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center is barrier-free. All halls and entrances are at ground level so that there are no access restrictions. A wheelchair can be reserved on request. Further information on how to get to the Tiny House Festival - for example, if you are visiting with a motorhome or tent - is available HERE.

2024-02-16
NEW HOUSING 2024: Visitors can expect these innovations at Europe's largest tiny house festival

How much space do people need to live and work? Do they need 150 or is 40 square meters enough? Tiny house enthusiasts have long since answered this question for themselves. And more and more people can imagine living in a smaller space. From June 28 to 30, 2024, interested parties, fans and people with expertise will meet at NEW HOUSING - Europe's largest Tiny House Festival at Messe Karlsruhe.

Visitors can expect to find everything they need to know about all kinds of tiny homes. These include classic Tiny Houses on Wheels, but also the increasingly popular modular houses. These can be adapted, enlarged or reduced in size depending on the living situation and requirements. Overall, the range on display includes buildings in classic timber frame or lightweight aluminum construction, micro apartments, single and mini houses and accessories. In addition, services and advice centers are offered for all matters relating to the topic.

More than 50 houses

Around 50 houses will be on display at the exhibition grounds. Visitors can walk through them and get an impression of how spacious tiny houses, modular houses and the like are inside and what expansion and usage options are available. In addition, more than 70 exhibitors will inform visitors about the houses as well as accessories, such as clever and space-saving furniture and other interiors. NEW HOUSING will also provide answers to the question of how a mini house can be financed - and in an ethical way.

"This year, too, we are delighted that even more exhibitors and, above all, more houses will be on show. Visitors will be able to get an even better all-round view of what is on offer on the market for small-scale housing. NEW HOUSING is therefore more compact and has more content than any other mini house trade fair in Europe and remains the most important meeting place for the community," says René Naumann, who took over the role of Director Market Area 1 at Messe Karlsruhe from Frank Thieme at the start of the year.

Moderated expert forum

Whether visitors already own a tiny house, are about to purchase one or want to find out more without obligation, at NEW HOUSING they will receive first-hand information from manufacturers, suppliers, service providers and owners. In short: visitors can expect all-round support from experts.

There will also be exciting presentations on living in a small space, how to get there and testimonials from experienced tiny house residents in the expert forum at Europe's number one community meeting point. A presentation by the Dutch company Ralston, for example, will focus on the Green Deal for the European paint market and what solutions are planned. This will be moderated by Christian Klerner. Together with his partner Carolin Werner, he runs the podcast "tinyon". Presentations from NEW HOUSING 2023 can be viewed HERE (In german). This year's program can be found HERE from April.

Old acquaintances are back

With the on-site workshops, old acquaintances are returning to NEW HOUSING. During previous editions of Europe's largest Tiny House Festival, interested parties were able to expand their knowledge of tiny houses in intensive seminars. Anyone wishing to take part in workshops can register for them in the ticket store on the NH website.

The workshops are designed both for people interested in tiny houses and for people who already live in tiny houses or modular houses and want to expand their knowledge. They deal with practical questions, such as the right interior design, but also with topics such as a living principle that is in harmony with nature. What do I need in my living environment to feel comfortable? What can I be sure of in my life and what do I definitely need?

"We are delighted to be able to offer our visitors workshops again. Sharing ideas with each other, working on topics together, practical application - that's what the workshops are all about. I'm looking forward to seeing how they are received by our participants," says Ramona Jonait, Project Manager of NEW HOUSING.

Study on housing efficiency

Small forms of housing have long since arrived in the scientific context. Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, for example, is working on the topic of housing efficiency and will be represented with a stand at NEW HOUSING. Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences already exhibited in Karlsruhe last year.

Tiny Giants Area

Following the very positive response from visitors and exhibitors, there will also be an area in 2024 where the large mini houses will be located. These include buildings that have an approximate size of 50 more than square meters. These modular houses can be enlarged and reduced in size as required.

Music and more

Food trucks, a DJ, the Tiny Bar and more in the green and sunny atrium in the heart of the exhibition grounds will ensure the right festival atmosphere on site.

Press talk on June 27

The 2024 edition of NEW HOUSING will be heralded by a press talk for the first time. This will take place on the day before the festival opens. Experts will discuss the topic of tiny house settlements and talk about the hurdles and paths, but also the opportunities associated with tiny house villages. The talk will be streamed live from 10 a.m. on the NEW HOUSING website and on the YouTube channel.

2023-11-08
Presentations from the specialist forum available for viewing

"Energy systems: possibilities in the TIny House", "Living a wonderful life - hedonism" or "Correct insulation and heating for a pleasant and healthy indoor climate in the Tiny House" - these and other topics were covered during the NEW HOUSING expert presentations.

All presentations were recorded on video and are available to watch free of charge on the YouTube channel of Europe's largest Tiny House Festival - in German only.

The content of the videos is divided into the categories "Building technology", "Visions for the future", "Building land mobilisation" and "Impulses". There is a new clip every Friday from 7 am.

You can find the channel HERE.

2023-06-02
Atrium, dm-Arena, Tiny Giants Area: This is the festival area

NEW HOUSING is growing! Europe's largest Tiny House Festival is becoming more and more popular. For this reason, the area of the fair, where lectures take place, Tiny Houses are presented and music is played, is larger this year than in previous years.

Atrium

The Atrium of Messe Karlsruhe is the jewel in the crown. In the green outdoor area, visitors can see more classic Tiny Houses in Wheels. The following exhibitors are represented here: Aurora Company Sp, edvanture energie, Firetube, Hemer Fensterbau, HolzHerz, Tiny House Familiy and tiny-home-deutschland. The atrium is also the place to go for all those who are hungry. They will find food trucks from Leftovercooking, Popice, Restaurant Sonnenhof Currymobild and Street Cookery's there.

Exhibition grounds overview
The largest area of NEW HOUSING is the dm Arena. This is where most of the exhibitors, the music dome and the festival forum are located.

dm Arena

Visitors will find most of the exhibitors in the dm Arena. It offers plenty of space for larger and smaller houses. In the arena you will find various types of houses, such as modular houses, but also other small forms of housing.

The following exhibitors will be in the largest hall at NEW HOUSING: Alois Kober, Aquatiris Sas, B4H Brennstoffzelle4Home, Casa Creciente, Dein Tiny. Haus, Donau Tiny House, EJL Immobilien, EKSADO Yapi, EthikBank, Gelzhäuser, Hocomo, Holzbau Pallmann, IGEL, Immowenk Immobilien, IndiViva Mobile Häuser, Jung Pumpen, Kodasema, Küpper Inselanlagen, kumi Living, Leonie Würl Tischlerin, Locumunalis, Mobi House, Modular Contructions, Mooble House, morai, Neohome, Precofab Deutschland, Ralston Colour&Coatings, Schwarzwald Tiny, Schwärer Haus, Separett, SOLIDO WOOD HOUSE, Studio Schneider, Tiny House Village, Tiny Systems Bincan, TinyForYou, Top House 1000, Unsinn Fahrzeugtechnik, Vagoon House Europe, Viessmann Deutschland, Vrøgum-Svarre, Weehouse and Weitzer Wärmeparkett. A list of all exhibitors is available HERE.

Associations inform

Associations will also present themselves in the arena and answer questions about the topic. These are: Tiny Haus Lechrain, Tiny House Bielefeld, Tiny Houses Karlsruhe and the Tiny House Association. Chris&Caro from the podcast "tinyon" will also be there.

The festival forum will also be in the arena. There, experts will tell you everything you need to know about Tiny Houses and life in and with them. Also in the dm Arena is the NEW HOUSING music area, where young musicians and a DJ will ensure a good mood on all three days of the festival.

Tiny Giants Area

The Tiny Giants Area is located in the outdoor area. It is adjacent to the dm Arena and the Atrium. Kodasema from Estonia and morai from Allgäu will be exhibiting in this area. With an area of around 45 square metres, these Tiny Houses are somewhat larger than most other mini houses.

You can find more information on NEW HOUSING at: www.new-housing.de

2023-06-02
From sewage disposal, to energy supply, to the new industry standard for Tiny Houses

NEW HOUSING - Europe's largest Tiny House Festival - offers more than 30 mini houses and accessories as well as many lectures on living in a Tiny House. On the three days of the festival, 30 June and 1 and 2 July, visitors can listen to experts in a relaxed atmosphere in the dm arena of the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre. Each lecture will last half an hour, after which there will be an opportunity to ask the speakers questions. The Festival Forum will be open from 10 am to 5 pm.

Tiny House Insight
How does wastewater disposal work in Tiny Houses? This is the topic of the lecture by Dr. Andreas Kämpf on 30 June from 1 pm in the NEW HOUSING Forum.

Some highlights of the Forum

On 30 June, Dr. Andreas Kämpf will speak on the topic of wastewater disposal from 1 pm. This is often difficult in Tiny Houses. Often there is no direct connection to a sewage system. Therefore, decentralised solutions such as separation or composting toilets and constructed wetlands are often used for local treatment. Easier than connecting a Tiny House to the public sewage treatment plant is the use of pressure drainage systems. With these, the drainage of tiny houses can be realised with much less effort. Dr. Andreas Kämpf from Jung Pumpen will explain exactly how the process works. From 5 p.m. onwards, Marc Spieser from Aquatiris will present the PHYTOTINY and wastewater treatment systems for individual housing concepts in his lecture.

Affordable housing

The creation of affordable housing will be the topic on the first day of the festival from 3 pm. Then Vanessa Wenk from Tinymalisto will explain how your own four walls can become a reality. Wenk has been a real estate expert for over 13 years and was the managing director of Immowenk.

Caro and Chris from
Caro and Chris record an episode for their podcast "tinyon" live on the NEW HOUSING stage.

Live Podcast on Day 2

The Forum will start with a premiere on the second day. Caro and Chris from "tinyon" will record an episode of their podcast live on stage from 10 am. The two will reflect on their own path to the Tiny House and give valuable tips and impulses on what interested parties should pay attention to. Already in the run-up, they both recorded an episode with NEW-HOUSING project manager Ramona Jonait (german).

It has recently been published, and from 12 noon on 1 July Martin Zeller will explain the new industry standard for tiny houses on stage. In his lecture, the designer and standards expert will show how it was possible to create a standard for the construction of Tiny Houses for the first time. The talk will cover the most important requirements for responsible construction and more.

Ilka Mutschelknaus will be on stage from 2 pm. The qualified building biologist and sustainability consultant will say how a Tiny House can be built completely sustainably and how Tiny Houses can be promoted as part of the New Housing class.

Expert forum in the entrance area of Messe Karlsruhe
Last year, the NEW HOUSING expert forum was well attended. There are also many exciting presentations for 2023.

Tiny Houses in trees

Starting at 11 a.m., Anne Kozlowksi will talk about finding the dream plot for your own mini house. The speaker will tell builders what to look out for when searching for a site, what regulations need to be observed and what aspects should be considered when planning efficiently in a small space.

From 2 p.m., Martin Zeller will talk about an unusual topic: Tiny Houses in trees. Among other things, he will ask and answer the question: What would it be like if, when building plots are made available, the areas are not cleared but the naturally grown stock of plants is preserved? The designer and planner will present different types of tree houses and use pictures to demonstrate the efficiency of Tiny Tree Houses.

Max Milde from Vagoon House Europa will close the forum at 5 pm. He explores the question "Have we become the modern slaves of the real estate industry?" and says "how the dream of owning your own home is hardly realisable anymore and what Tiny Houses have to do with it".

What other lectures and topics there are in the NEW HOUSING festival forum can be found HERE.

More information on NEW HOUSING is available at: www.new-housing.de

2023-05-30
The little giants of the Tiny House Festival

If houses have less than 50 square metres of space, they are usually called Tiny Houses. Conventional houses usually have around 130 square metres. In between, however, there is another category: our Tiny Giants.

At NEW HOUSING from 30 June to 2 July, there will be a Tiny Giants Area for the first time. It will be located behind the dm-Arena in the direction of Hall 3 and on the long side of the Atrium at Messe Karlsruhe.

As a rule, Tiny Houses, including low-loaders, are no higher than four metres. Our Tiny Giants are a little taller and show that size is a matter of interpretation.

Insight into a Tiny House from the Estonian manufacturer Kodasema (Image: Kodasema)
The Estonian manufacturer Kodasema will be showing its houses at NEW HOUSING 2023 in the new Tiny Giants Area. (Image: Kodasema)

Exhibiting in the Tiny Giants Area of NEW HOUSING will be the Estonian exhibitor Kodasema and Morai from Allgäu. Kodasema has been building tiny houses since 2014 and with the KIDA Loft Extended has a 45.8 square metre tiny giant in its portfolio. The cottage even offers an extra room in the back of the house. It therefore offers more privacy than Tiny Houses, but is just as flexible and can be moved with the owner to another city or country if necessary.

Morai: Tiny Giants
Morai has been building Tiny Houses since 2023. With shed connect, the company also offers a Tiny Giant. (Image: morai)

Morai has been building Tiny Giants since the beginning of the year. Among other things, the company offers shed conntect. The minimal house has a living space of 45 square metres and a total area of 90 square metres. The three rooms are designed for two to six people. The property is an Efficiency House 54. Like the other Morai houses, shed connect impresses with sustainable materials and an efficient construction method.

2023-05-23
Tiny House Association defines for the first time

Tiny houses are becoming increasingly popular. However, there are still frequent problems with building laws and the associated permits for the construction of tiny houses. To counteract this and to summarise the current state of the art of Tiny Houses, the Tiny House Association has now written down the "Industry Standard for Tiny Houses" for the first time.

Basis for small residential buildings

According to the association, the standard sees itself as a basis for the production of various small buildings by regulating the most important requirements for responsible construction. First and foremost, these are safety-related, other technical and building biology requirements. However, the requirements also include socially agreed criteria for sustainability.

By summarising the state of the art, the 13 authors of the standard aim to establish the requirements for a minimum quality in construction in such a way that - if the criteria are met - a building application and building permit are more likely to be granted.

Participants in the development of the standard

Involved in the preparation of the "Industrial Standard for Small Buildings" were representatives of industry, users of the standard, the association or interest group, science and research as well as testing bodies and representatives of building law. The standard was adopted unanimously by all members of the standards committee. The committee was chaired by Martin Zeller, an external expert in standardisation. The standardisation process was financed by the membership fees and donations of the associations - such as Tinyhouses Region Stuttgart e.V., Tiny Houses Karlsruhe e.V., Tiny House Lechrain e.V., Tiny House Bielefeld e.V. and tinyhouse FREISING e.V..

The industrial standard is available here

The "Industrienorm Kleingebäude" is available from Laible Verlagsprojekte. The magazine "Kleiner Wohnen" is also published there. The standard is available as a PDF or printed for 69 euros HERE (german version).

The Tiny House Association will also be on site at NEW HOUSING from 30 June to 2 July to provide information. You can find more information about the Tiny House Festival at: www.new-housing.de

2023-05-16
Small church makes it big
Offenburg petrol station info
Where there used to be a petrol station is now the "Info Tank". The Offenburg Free Evangelical Congregation (FEG) is allowed to build its Tiny Church on this site. (Pictures: Matthias Jundt)

It still stands inconspicuously on the site of an old petrol station in Offenburg on Freiburger Platz, very close to the railway station. Soon, however, it will be used for church services, devotions, perhaps weddings and more - we are talking about the Tiny Church.

Sylvia Kärcher holds the construction plan of the Tiny Church in her hands
Sylvia Kärcher planned the small church. The trained carpenter is studying theology dual and is responsible for the construction.

Carpenter and theologian

Sylvia Kärcher is responsible for the construction. The 32-year-old carpenter completed her journeyman's certificate in 2012. Since 2020, she has been studying dual theology in Freiburg (from September, the private university will be in Karlsruhe) and works at the FEG. "I have already built two Tiny Houses - one in Turkey and the other in Brandenburg," says Kärcher.

Now she is in charge of the Tiny Church in Offenburg. "The idea for the Tiny Church came from our pastor Matthias Graf. He had seen a Tiny Church on Facebook. That's how the idea was born," the student continues. That was in July 2020. A year later, the idea was taken to the congregation. Whether the church would actually be built was not clear at that point. Kärcher: "We had set ourselves a goal. If two thirds of the donations had been collected by the end of October 2021, we would build the church. Otherwise, we wouldn't have started the project at all." And the donations came in - so it started.

Insight into the Tiny Church
For an information day in Offenburg at the beginning of May, the Tiny Church was equipped as it might look in the future. The aim is that the church can be equipped with or without chairs.

Fundraising

According to Kärcher, the initial budget was 10,000 euros. But because the prices for wood - the Tiny Church is made almost 100 per cent of this material - have risen sharply since then, the construction is becoming more expensive. "The trailer and the windows alone cost 5,000 euros," says Kärcher. The windows are special ones that are also installed in cars. They have to be particularly resistant and must not crack in case of an impact.

The Tiny Church is built every second Wednesday and one Saturday per month. Volunteers from the congregation of about 50 members come together to help out where they can. If you want to donate, you can find more information HERE.

Members of the congregation help with the wood
Members of the community are helping to make the Tiny Church idea a reality.

These are the dimensions of the church

Kärcher developed the design for the church. The church is three metres long inside, with 70 centimetres added at the top at the front. The width is about 2.30 metres and the porch, which is outside the interior, is 2.40 metres wide and 1.20 metres long. The trailer on which the church stands is about 70 centimetres high. When the room is seated, about eight people fit in. Without seating, the Tiny Church can accommodate up to twelve people.

Empty interior of the Tiny Church
What will the Tiny Church be used for? There are already some ideas about this. Besides devotions and weddings, there is already a request for a silent disco.

Purpose of the Tiny Church

But why is the Offenburg Free Evangelical Congregation building the Tiny Church in the first place? "Actually, that was unclear for a long time. We will use the church for different things. The room can serve as a devotional or prayer space. It can also be used in pastoral care as a 'space of silence'. We want to go to different places in and around Offenburg, maybe be civic festivals. There are even initial enquiries, for example for the district festival or for a silent disco," says Kärcher.

In general, however, the FEG wants to bring people closer to God with the Tiny Church. However, the aim is not to win members for their own congregation.

Equipped interior of the Tiny Church
This is what the church could look like when it is finished.

Tiny Church at the NEW HOUSING

Anyone who wants to find out more about the project can do so at NEW HOUSING from 30 June to 2 July at the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre. In addition to information about the project, members of the congregation will be there, as will Sylvia Kärcher herself: "And hopefully we will have received approval for the Tiny Church by the time of the trade fair and will have finished building the church by then."

2023-05-03
These bands create the atmosphere in the Musikdome

This year, NEW HOUSING offers even more festival character. In keeping with this, on the three opening days, 30 June and 1 and 2 July, outstanding musicians will provide a great atmosphere - and that's what they are.

Leonard Bley
Leonard Bley will create a real festival atmosphere at NEW HOUSING with his music and together with Chantal Torres. (Picture: Leonard Bley)

From indie to rap

Chantel Torres and Leonhard Bley will kick things off on Friday, 30 June, from 12 noon to 2.30 pm. Bley is a newcomer from Pforzheim. According to his own statement, his music is oriented towards bands like Provinz, AnnenMayKantereit and Mayberg. Bley is at home in the music genres of indie, pop and, to some extent, rap. Bley is currently working on the release of his first singles, which were created in collaboration with the musician Chantel Torres, among others.

Chantel grew up bilingually and likes to alternate between German and English-spoken R'nB, soul and pop in her music. She often accompanies her self-written songs with a guitar, piano or ukulele. She prefers to sing ballads.

Hannah Mannherz
Hannah Mannherz has been making music since she was 12 years old. Now she is in her early 20s and has already released her first EP. (Photo: Hannah Mannherz)

"Never really alone"

The festival continues with Hannah Mannherz. The musician will perform on 1 July from noon to 2.30 pm. Mannherz is in her early 20s and has been writing her own songs since she was twelve. She grew up in Bruchsal. Musically, she deals with topics such as mental health, loneliness and feminism. Last autumn, she released her first EP, "Nie wirklich allein" (Never Really Alone). Mannherz currently lives in Hamburg and is studying singing and songwriting there. The music genre she serves is German pop with hip-hop and electro elements. At NEW HOUSING, she will be taking things a little quieter musically.

"I'm really looking forward to playing at the Tiny House Festival on 1 July, as I'm expecting a good atmosphere. The people who come are curious about new ways of living and I think that creates a good basis for exchanging ideas and spending a good time together with good music on the festival grounds," says Mannherz. The musician finds the idea of limiting her own living space to the bare essentials in order to remain flexible very exciting. She can also imagine trying out this form of living in a few years' time.

Daniel Martinez
Daniel Martinez performs with Radiosoul Acoustic at NEW HOUSING. (Picture: Daniel Martinez)

The musical finale of NEW HOUSING will be Daniel Martinez with Radiosoul Acoustic on 2 July, also from 12 noon to 2.30 pm. The group plays classics from the 70s and 80s from the legendary Detroit Motown studios. They also play funk numbers from the 90s and current chart hits.

Martinez is pleased to be able to perform at NEW HOUSING: "I think the idea of a Tiny House is very innovative. Not only because the construction and maintenance costs are very low, but also because something good is being done for our environment. Living in a Tiny House requires much less resources."

Further information on NEW HOUSING can be found at: www.new-housing.de

2023-04-26
A whole festival (almost) for you alone

Around 50 exhibitors and more than 30 Tiny Houses await visitors at NEW HOUSING this year. Anyone who was at Messe Karlsruhe last year knows that Europe's largest Tiny House Festival attracts a lot of visitors. For this reason, there will be a premiere this year: the Pre Opening Day!

Limited to 200 tickets

This will take place on 29 June, one day before the actual start of NEW HOUSING. The special thing about it: Only 200 tickets will be available for the Pre Opening Day. Holders of such tickets will be able to take a relaxed look at the latest trends in the mini house segment, talk to exhibitors and get inspired in an exclusive atmosphere before the actual start of the festival.

The ticket for the Pre Opening Day entitles you to admission from 1 pm on Thursday, 29 June, as well as on the following three festival days. It also includes a free drink at the Tiny Bar and free parking on all days of the event.

"With the Pre Opening Day, we are responding to the enormous interest in NEW HOUSING last year. We would like to give interested parties the opportunity to obtain more specific, detailed and intensive information. More personal discussions - whether private or commercial - with the exhibitors are also possible," says Ramona Jonait, Project Manager of NEW HOUSING.

The pre-opening ticket can be booked online HERE. In addition to the new offer, there is also the day ticket, the happy hour ticket and the 3-day ticket for the NEW HOUSING.

2023-04-26
Photo exhibition shows Tiny House residents at first hand
A person can be seen from behind. She is looking into the distance. Many trees and her small house can be seen there.
Ludolf Dahmen has visited and portrayed Tiny House residents all over Germany. (Pictures: Ludolf Dahmen)

Whether living alone, as a couple or in a family - Tiny House residents are as different as their houses. Ludolf Dahmen has worked out what distinguishes people who have decided to live in a mini house and where they are similar - in the form of photographs. During NEW HOUSING from 30 June to 2 July, the Cologne artist will exhibit his portraits for the first time.

There is a small house on a green meadow. It has a roof and a glass front. The occupant is standing in the doorway. There are solar panels on the roof of the house.
"The Time Millionaire" with his revolving house, was Dahmen's first Tiny House resident.

"The Time Millionaire"

"There was an action by our professional association some time ago called 'One Day in Germany'. On that day, 500 photographers went out at the same time to take pictures. Through an acquaintance I got the tip to photograph a Tiny House resident," says Dahmen. The story ran under the title "The Time Millionaire". "At first I was interested in a reduced, minimalist lifestyle. But through the story, I ultimately became aware of the topic of Tiny Houses," Dahmen continues.

A man and a woman are sitting on chairs in the middle of a forest. Around them is a lot of green and there are some trees.
Living with nature - that is one aspect of Tiny House life that particularly impresses Dahmen.

The "reduced life in nature" has not let go of the 49-year-old since then. And when the Corona period came and the commissions went, Dahmen took the time he had freed up and started the Tiny House Portraits project.

"The biggest challenge at first was to get hold of people who actually live permanently in the mini houses. The breakthrough ultimately came after a circular email I wrote to friends, colleagues and other people," says the graduate photo designer and photo journalist.

On the road throughout Germany

From then on, Dahmen travelled through North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony and also to the Black Forest to visit Tiny House residents. He was one of the most impressed by one particular tiny house: "The occupant is a brilliant mind and tinkerer. His house is six metres high and has a glass front. And the house can rotate. If he wants, he always turns it according to the sun. To think of something like that and build it all by himself was very impressive."

A Tiny House can be seen at night. Lights are burning inside. You can see a dark blue sky above the house.
The portraits appeared in Kleiner Wohnen magazine in a special issue entitled "Inside Out".

The picture of this mini-home builder also graces the cover of the magazine in which Dahmen published his photo reportage. "Actually, I wanted to publish a book. I got in touch with Kleiner-Wohnen magazine and we decided to use my photos to make a special edition of the magazine called 'Inside Out'," the photographer continues.

You can see a Tiny House from inside. A woman with a blue top is standing in the kitchen. Plants are in the foreground.
The photos also show the interior of the mini-houses.

Dahmen also found it exciting to find out how families live in Tiny Houses. He found one such: "The father builds mini houses for a living. He designed one for his family. It is 45 square metres, has two floors and was built on an old showman's trailer. It was interesting to find out how a whole family lives in a small space."

First exhibition

Visitors to NEW HOUSING can find out for themselves how this family, the man with the revolving house and other residents of Tiny Houses across Germany live from 30 June to 2 July at Messe Karlsruhe. "It will be the first time I exhibit the pictures"; says Dahmen. He had not yet found the right place for an exhibition - until now. The photographer himself will probably be on site on the weekend of the festival.

You can view some of the photos HERE. You can find more information about NEW HOUSING at: www.new-housing.de.

2023-03-13
From AL-KO to Schwörer Haus to Ethikbank: These manufacturers are participating in NEW HOUSING 2023

Around 50 exhibitors will be on site at NEW HOUSING - Europe's largest Tiny House Festival - at Messe Karlsruhe from 30 June to 2 July. They will present their products and services and thus provide interested parties and mini house residents with the best possible insight into the scene.

Among the exhibitors are well-known manufacturers in the sector. One of them is Alois Kober GmbH, better known as AL-KO. Founded in 1931 in Großklötz near Günzburg in Bavaria, the company operates 25 sites worldwide and employs around 1800 people. In addition to gardening tools and components for the automotive sector, AL-KO also manufactures high-quality chassis for Tiny Houses on wheels. NEW HOUSING visitors can find out what these look like, what advantages they offer and what they cost live on site.

Wöhltjen and Schwörer Haus on site

In order to be able to use chassis, however, you first need a mini-house - for example from Tiny House by Wöhltjen. The traditional handicraft business from Lower Saxony plans and builds the tiny houses according to the individual wishes of their occupants. Wöhltjen will also be at NEW HOUSING, as will its competitor Schwörer Haus from the Swabian Alb. The prefabricated house manufacturer builds homes ranging from single-family houses and bungalows to flying spaces. This is the term Schwörer uses to describe tiny living forms of all kinds - whether a Tiny Office, a holiday home or a Tiny House as a main residence.

Just like conventional houses, their smaller counterparts also need functioning building technology. What this might look like is being shown live by the global corporation Siemens at the Karlsruhe trade fair. The Hessian company Viessmann will present how tiny houses can be heated, cooled and ventilated, what systems are available and what is most suitable for which occupants.

Ethikbank at New Housing for the first time

In addition to houses, accessories, heating systems and more, visitors to NEW HOUSING 2023 will also be able for the first time to find out about possible financing for a Tiny House directly at Messe Karlsruhe. For the first time, the Ethikbank will be on site from 30 June to 2 July. According to its own information, it is an ethical-ecological direct bank. Customers' money will not be invested in companies that are active in the fields of armaments and nuclear power or that permit child labour. In addition, companies in which the Ethikbank invests must be actively committed to sustainable business practices.

In addition to well-known manufacturers, the Tiny House Association will also provide information on the topic during the Tiny House Festival. With eleven associations, the association will represent more representatives of the industry at its stand than ever before.

You can find more information about NEW HOUSING at: www.new-housing.de

2023-02-28
Premiere at NEW HOUSING: Live podcasts in the expert forum

They are informative and entertaining, everyone has them in their pocket and you can consume them if you want - we are talking about podcasts. There are also some about Tiny Houses and two will be recorded live at NEW HOUSING, which will take place from 30 June to 2 July at Messe Karlsruhe.

Caro stakes out a plot of land for a Tiny House.
Caro stakes out a plot of land for a Tiny House.

The hosts of the episodes will be Chris and Caro from "Tiny On". The two Tiny House residents and have been publishing regular podcasts about the mini houses for almost a year. "For us, the decision to live in a Tiny House is more than reduced living. It stands for more awareness and sustainability beyond our 42 square metres," say the two.

Chris and Caro were already guests at NEW HOUSING 2022
Chris and Caro were already guests at NEW HOUSING 2022

At NEW HOUSING, they will tell how the two found their way into the Tiny House in the forum, where experts from the industry will talk about everything worth knowing about the topic. Chris Klerner and Caro Werner will explain the hurdles they encountered on their way to owning a tiny home, what interested parties should look out for and much more.

At NEW HOUSING, they will tell how the two found their way into the Tiny House in the forum, where experts from the industry will talk about everything worth knowing about the topic. Chris Klerner and Caro Werner will explain the hurdles they encountered on their way to owning a tiny home, what interested parties should look out for and much more.

Already at NEW HOUSING 2022

The NEW HOUSING as a venue for the live podcasts is no coincidence, the two were already guests at the Karlsruhe trade fair last year: "The NEW HOUSING is the perfect opportunity to compare one's often rosy internet impressions with an actual experience of the mini houses. It offers the perfect opportunity to weigh up even better whether a consciously reduced life is an option and what the first step towards it might look like."

Chris and Caro have been running the podcast
Chris and Caro have been running the podcast "Tiny On" for just under a year.

Information on when Chris and Caro will be on stage at the NEW HOUSING 2023 Expert Forum and where interested parties can find the two mini-house dwellers before and after the stage appearances is available on the NEW HOUSING websites.

2023-02-22

Michele Paldino has been living in his Tiny House in Waldbronn for three years. He has not regretted it for a single day, but he could do without the cold season. The 55-year-old will also be on site at NEW HOUSING in Karlsruhe - Europe's largest Tiny House Festival - to promote his "philosophy of life".

It all began with a houseboat

"Thirty years ago, I once had an offer for a houseboat. That was always my dream, but unfortunately it didn't work out," says Paldino. But the desire for a minimalist lifestyle never left the Hamelin native. After finding his way to the Palatinate for personal reasons in 2003 and at some point living in a 70-square-metre flat, the desire for more clarity made itself felt again in 2016.

"Minimalism is like a red thread. At some point you end up with a reduced life and the Tiny House," says Paldino. The building contract for his own mini-house came in late 2018, it was delivered in May 2019 and on 1 February 2020, the 55-year-old ultimately moved into his own 17 square metres of space and 55 cubic metres of room. Before that, he had been looking for a suitable pitch for over two years.

Michaele Paldino had his house built by a wagon builder he found on Ebay Classifieds. The house is modelled on an old circus wagon. The house cost 25,000 euros five years ago and came with a complete extension as well as a connection for water and electricity and a kitchen. The rest, like the floor, the hand basin, the shower et cetera, Paldino installed himself. This saved him about 7,000 euros.
Michaele Paldino had his house built by a wagon builder he found on Ebay Classifieds. The house is modelled on an old circus wagon. The house cost 25,000 euros five years ago and came with a complete extension as well as a connection for water and electricity and a kitchen. The rest, like the floor, the hand basin, the shower et cetera, Paldino installed himself. This saved him about 7,000 euros.

Das Leben auf überschaubarem Platz hat Paldino nie bereut: „Ich war vom ersten Augenblick angefixt“, sagt er. Die Uhren, so der Minimalist, ticken im Tiny House langsamer: „Egal wie schlecht der Arbeitstag war, sobald ich in meinem Häuschen bin, bin ich wieder gut gelaunt.“

Tiny house life as a "philosophy of life"

The new place of residence has changed a lot for Paldino: "Because life itself has become cheaper, I was able to reduce my weekly working hours from 40 to 32. I am very careful not to fill myself up. I find that the less you own, the freer you feel." Many Tiny House residents in Waldbronn are vegetarians or vegans and generally live very environmentally consciously. Many also don't have a car. Paldino, who is now still dependent on a car because of his job, also plans to do so one day, he says: "Tiny house living is a philosophy of life."

Paldino's house also has a terrace. He rarely uses it in winter. From spring onwards, life on the campsite is mostly outside.
Paldino's house also has a terrace. He rarely uses it in winter. From spring onwards, life on the campsite is mostly outside.

But there is also an unpleasant side to it for Paldino: winter. It can sometimes be very unpleasant: "As long as it's dry and cold, it's fine. But when it rains for days on end and you're forced to stay indoors, it's not so nice." From October to December it's okay. But when spring is gone, January, February and March drag on.

Still petrolium, soon something new

And when it's cold outside, it has to be warm inside. Paldino currently still heats with a petrolium stove. But he wants to get away from that: "You can never leave the stove on alone. I wasn't at home for a few days over Christmas. When I came back, it was minus six degrees in the little house." Other tiny house owners in Waldbronn have solar panels on their roofs and are more or less self-sufficient from around the end of March to October. Still others use pellet stoves. According to Paldino, before the inflation caused by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the price of pellets was 270 to 320 euros per tonne. Now the price per tonne is 570 to 580 euros.

For the coming winter, he wants to install a split air-conditioning system. It works with electricity. At night he uses an infrared heater. That also runs on electricity. Nevertheless, he still saves quite a bit compared to the 80 euros per month he used to pay for gas. In any case, the lower costs for the Tiny House, Paldino says openly, were also a reason for the move to minimalist living. Incidentally, his mini house is insulated with mineral wool. Other residents use sheep's wool or wood wool. The latter consists of pressed wooden boards.

Tiny houses are always very individually designed - outside and inside. Paldino is an enthusiastic musician, so he has adapted his mini house to his lifestyle. His kitchen, on the other hand, is rather small.
Tiny houses are always very individually designed - outside and inside. Paldino is an enthusiastic musician, so he has adapted his mini house to his lifestyle. His kitchen, on the other hand, is rather small.

Despite the difficulties in winter, Paldino is a convinced Tiny House enthusiast - and that's also because spring will come again at some point: "As soon as it gets a bit warmer, everyone is back at work here." The 55-year-old also already knows exactly what he'll be doing when the temperature rises: "I have to replace the silicone seams on the house. They are exposed to the weather all the time and need renewal. The wooden terrace needs to be oiled, the facades need a new glaze. In addition, there are minor repairs."

Paldino to be guest at NEW HOUSING in june

Michele Paldino has been happy in his Tiny House for three years. In order to inspire even more people with the minimalist and resource-saving lifestyle, he is also involved in the Tiny House Association. Both this association and Paldino will be at NEW HOUSING from 30 June to 2 July at Messe Karlsruhe.

  • More info about th Tiny House Festival HERE, for tickets click HERE.

2023-02-07
NEW HOUSING 2023: Secure tickets now for Europe's largest Tiny House Festival

Big, bigger, biggest? That was once upon a time. Today, in the face of an increasingly hot climate, it's all about minimalism, saving resources and sustainability. Tiny houses and other alternative forms of small housing are making a contribution to this. NEW HOUSING - Europe's largest Tiny House Festival - is dedicated to precisely this topic. This year, NEW HOUSING will take place from 30 June to 2 July at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre – and tickets for it can now be purchased!

Ein Tiny House steht am rechten Bildrand. Das Haus steht auf einer WIese, diese gehört zum Atrium der Messe, das von den Messehallen umgeben ist. Zu sehen sind außerdem etliche Menschen, die sich das Haus anschauen oder sich unterhalten.
With 50 exhibitors and around 30 different mini houses, NEW HOUSING in Karlsruhe is the largest Tiny House Festival in Europe. (Image: Lars Behrendt)

Visitors will have the opportunity to talk to 50 exhibitors from Germany, Turkey and other countries about various forms of small housing and to see around 30 different Tiny Houses on site and experience them up close. On display will be Tiny Houses on Wheels as well as mini houses up to about 50 square metres. Tiny Houses in modular construction will also be on display. These are houses that can be easily extended and reduced again depending on your wishes, needs and living situation.

A woman sits on a bed in a Tiny House. A man stands next to her.
Visitors can tour the mini-houses and learn about topics such as interior design, heating and more. (Picture: Jürgen Rösner)

NEW HOUSING offers future homeowners and those who wish to obtain non-binding information the opportunity to see houses up close. Topics such as finding a plot of land and financing the cottages can also be discussed and clarified at the fair. But people who already own Tiny Houses are also in the right place at NEW HOUSING. They will get the best insight into expansion and optimisation possibilities and can gather new ideas for their own home by exchanging ideas with like-minded people.

There are several people in the foreground. They are standing in a hall. On the glass wall of the hall is a large screen that says NEW HOUSING.
At the NEW HOUSING expert forum, Tiny House residents and other stakeholders will report on everything worth knowing about various forms of small housing. (Image: Lars Behrendt)

Exhibitors such as carpenters, interior designers, suppliers of sanitary facilities or renewable energy generation systems as well as sales partners or associations have the best opportunity at NEW HOUSING to talk to potential and interested customers, to network and to exchange ideas. After all, NEW HOUSING is THE meeting place for the Tiny House community!

Expert forum in the action hall

What is it like to live in a Tiny House? How do the sanitary facilities work? How is heating provided and what actually happens when it rains? These and many other questions will be answered at the forum. In the Action Hall. There, residents of alternative forms of small-scale housing will talk about their experiences, give in-depth insights into their lives and will also be available for further discussions afterwards. Experts in the search for land, financing and the construction of mini-houses will also be giving presentations on what future members of the Tiny House community should think about.

The picture shows an overview of the Atrium of Messe Karlsruhe. You can see some Tiny Houses and several visitors.
Europe's Tiny House community meets annually at the Karlsruhe exhibition centre. Exhibitors come from Germany as well as from abroad such as Poland, Romania or Turkey. (Picture: Lars Behrendt)

Even more Festival Character

Even more so than in the past, NEW HOUSING 2023 will have a real festival character. In addition to food trucks, a DJ and a cosy ambience will provide the right lounge atmosphere that invites you to linger. Media partners will also present themselves in the Media Lounge - the perfect place to linger, inform and exchange ideas.

For more information on NEW HOUSING and to purchase tIckets, click HERE.

More about Tiny Houses

Counter-design: In a world of excess, in which resources are consumed and the climate is heating up more and more, Tiny Houses are the counter-design. The small houses of 15 to 50 square metres offer everything a person needs - but no more than is necessary.

Space miracle: Because of their smaller size, Tiny Houses and their furnishings must be well thought out. Original, individual and sophisticated furniture designs are therefore an integral part of the tiny houses. They thus become real space wonders and masters of multifunctionality.

Ecological footprint: While fewer resources are used for the construction of a Tiny House than for that of a conventional house, the ecological footprint of Tiny House residents also remains lower as a result. Also, less land needs to be sealed for Tiny Houses - if at all. In the case of tiny houses on wheels, the sealing is reduced even further. One thing is clear: less surface area means less impact on the environment. Speaking of the environment: nature is naturally part of Tiny Houses. Residents live in harmony with their environment; the garden is virtually a natural part of the Tiny House area.

Costs: While the construction of a conventional house in Germany currently costs between 320,000 and 360,000 euros on average, house builders have to spend much less on Tiny Houses. Due to the smaller surface area, land prices and maintenance costs are also lower as a result.

Mobility and flexibility: Those who own a conventional house but want to change jobs or do so have to put up with more effort or restrictions. Either the search for a new job is severely limited in terms of location, or the commute to work becomes a regular test of patience. Tiny house dwellers do not know this. Houses on wheels in particular, but also modular houses, impress with their flexibility and mobility. However, there are still legal questions to be clarified.

The question of land: As with conventional houses, Tiny House owners also need a plot of land with a connection to the public road, path, supply and waste disposal network. The prerequisite for this is a development plan. And this is where the challenge lies, because development plans are intended for conventional residential buildings. In development plans, municipalities determine how high a house may be or what the roof shape or type of windows may look like in order to fit into the locality. The minimum floor area is also usually part of a development plan. Those who live in a Tiny House for more than four months of the year must also comply with the Building Energy Act with requirements for building insulation and heating. Some federal states offer options for other ways. In Baden-Württemberg, for example, there is a paragraph 56 that allows "experimental building". In Waldbronn in the district of Karlsruher, for example, a Tiny House settlement could be built. In Mühlacker, Germany's largest settlement to date is currently being planned with 62 tiny houses. And the municipality of Au am Rhein in the district of Rastatt is also toying with such a settlement.

Association work: Since October 2019, the Tiny House Association has been taking care of informing about the topic, serving as a network, supporting research and education and providing assistance on legal issues. Messe Karlsruhe is one of the founding members of the association and has been involved ever since.

2022-07-03
NEW HOUSING inspires Tiny House fans

The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival underlines the great interest in the Tiny House living trend. From 1 to 3 July 2022, around 7,000 Tiny House enthusiasts - significantly more than expected - came together at Europe's largest Tiny House Festival at Messe Karlsruhe to experience the diversity and range of small, alternative forms of living. In a Tiny House village of 25 small houses on the open-air grounds of Messe Karlsruhe, they had the opportunity to network with each other and to find out and exchange information about life in the smallest of spaces from manufacturers, suppliers, do-it-yourselfers, clubs and associations. Food trucks and a bar also invited visitors to linger.

"The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival pays outstanding tribute to the trend towards sustainable living and thus has a forward-looking effect, especially here in Karlsruhe. As organiser of the festival and at the same time as initiator of the Tiny House Association, we bring the community together and set an example for smart developments in the topics of building and living", says Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe.

Project manager Frank Thieme adds: "Tiny Houses create high-quality living space on small areas that are not suitable for classic residential development, for example because they are only available temporarily. Here, the festival serves the trend of sustainable use of land to create living space and drives the development towards lower resource consumption and the use of innovative building materials."

Manufacturers of Tiny Houses met with interested parties

On the open-air grounds of Messe Karlsruhe, manufacturers were available to answer questions and pass on first-hand information to interested parties. Exhibitors from all over Germany were present, including market leaders as well as carpentry workshops and start-ups that have built up a second livelihood by building Tiny Houses.

Master carpenter Stephan Wöhltjen emphasises: "I am overwhelmed by the number of visitors and the wide range of visitors. On the one hand, we meet visitors who are starting from scratch. On the other hand, however, we also meet visitors who come here already interested and with a lot of prior knowledge, who ask specific questions and deepen their knowledge or enter into professional exchange with us. It is a very successful fair." Stefan Diekmann, Managing Director of Heinz Diekmann GmbH and an exhibitor from the very beginning, adds: "The development of the festival since 2018 has been positive. We have had many interested visitors. They inform themselves and then come to us in a few months when they find a suitable property and order a Tiny House."

Interior designer Bianca Gärtner from Tiny House Wohnträume was there for the first time in Karlsruhe with her start-up and is very satisfied: "We have some interested parties and one visitor will already come from Wiesbaden to us in Leer in East Frisia in the coming weeks to have a Tiny House individually planned for her."

For the first time, there were also exhibitors from other European countries, including Latvia, Poland and Belgium. Orhun Şimşek, Business Development Manager at Turkish exhibitor Mooble House says: "We are really happy to be here because we believe that this is the most important and significant trade fair for Tiny Houses in Europe. We have participated in many other fairs as exhibitors, but this is where all the companies and communities meet. It was really important for us to exhibit here because now we could get in touch with the end customers and get valuable feedback from them."

New in 2022, there was also an info mile in the entrance area of the fair with a variety of advice for future Tiny House residents as well as suppliers and outfitters. There, regional Tiny House associations and the Tiny House Association, among others, presented their work and were on hand to answer questions. Regina Schleyer, Chairwoman of the Board of the Tiny House Association, which structurally represents over 2,000 members in German-speaking countries, says: "The number of visitors is really overwhelming. There is a lot of interest, people are very open-minded and interested in the association. We succeeded in presenting what local offers are being developed in the associations nationwide. We are really very satisfied with the fair, a complete success."

Live and in colour: Tiny Houses convince visitors

The visitors came to Karlsruhe from all over Germany and beyond its borders to find out about small alternative forms of living. They particularly appreciated the opportunity to make personal contact with the manufacturers and to visit the Tiny Houses on site. The combination of a relaxed festival atmosphere with food trucks and a platform for exchange and networking was very well received by the visitors.

Angelika and Günter Geys from Wolfartsweier were satisfied with the range of products on offer at the fair: "We looked at almost all the houses and got helpful information. There are even two houses that we like very much. Now we're just looking for plots, then we'll make an appointment with manufacturers and stop just dreaming about it." Steffi Seibert from Unterelsbach in Lower Franconia adds: "We have already built a Tiny House and want to see what other possibilities there are here. We will definitely come again and recommend the festival to others." Anke Bruske from Berlin was particularly enthusiastic about the interior design of the Tiny Houses: "It was very interesting to see how the houses are furnished on the inside. There were many good ideas also for older people, such as lift beds."

Meeting place for the Tiny House community

The lecture programme at the festival complemented the exhibition and offered insights into successful self-building stories, topics such as self-sufficiency, sustainability and pitch search as well as informative literature. Topic-relevant lectures with experts passed on tips and tricks as well as experiences within the Tiny House community.

Among others, Tiny House architect Anne Kozlowski was present. She gave a lecture on the topic of Tiny House properties and what to consider: "I'm a fan of the fair, was already here three years ago and that also got the ball rolling for me. Since then, I have also worked for various Tiny House and apartment house manufacturers. The fair is a very good place to network, meet people, find like-minded people and, of course, get a lot of inspiration, talk to various manufacturers and simply immerse yourself in the world of Tiny Houses. It is a must-have for anyone who is thinking about living in a Tiny House." Speaker Katrin Pütz from (B)energy added: "All in all, a super event with many interested people who want to change something about their current living situation and live more sustainably."

Next year, Tiny Houses will again travel to Karlsruhe from all over Europe. The next NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival will take place from 30 June to 2 July 2023 at Messe Karlsruhe.

2022-06-24
Messe Karlsruhe becomes a festival for Tiny House fans

The countdown is on: From 1 to 3 July 2022, the Tiny House community will meet at the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival at Messe Karlsruhe to experience the diversity and range of small, alternative forms of living. At Europe's largest Tiny House Festival, fans of alternative forms of living and those interested will have the opportunity to network with each other and to find out and exchange information about life in the smallest of spaces from manufacturers, suppliers, self-builders, clubs and associations. Food trucks and a bar also invite visitors to linger.

"Whether it's a minimalist lifestyle, a retreat, a retirement home or a home office - the trend is towards small living. We are very pleased to be able to offer the Tiny House community a platform for meetings, exchange of experiences and networking in a relaxed festival atmosphere," says Frank Thieme, project manager of NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival. "We invite all Tiny House fans to visit the tiny houses and talk to manufacturers and residents."

Tiny House Village with around 30 houses to visit

A Tiny House Village with around 30 different Tiny Houses will be set up on the open-air grounds of Messe Karlsruhe, the landscaped atrium in the middle of the four exhibition halls and the area between Halls 1 and 2, which will be open to visitors. Manufacturers will be available to answer questions and pass on first-hand information to interested visitors. Exhibitors from all over Germany will be there, including the joinery Wöhltjen from Achim in Lower Saxony, Tiny House Wohnträume from Leer, Heinz Diekmann from Hamm and tydomo from Cologne. For the first time, there will also be exhibitors from other European countries, including GOATHE SIA Jaunpuntuzi from Latvia, Aurora Company from Poland and Mooble House from Turkey.

New in 2022 will also be the Infomeile in the entrance area of the fair with a variety of advisory services for interested visitors and future residents. Among others, Tiny House associations and the Tiny House Association, of which Messe Karlsruhe is a founding member, will present their work there and actively assist with questions.

Varied lecture programme provides first-hand information

What do you need to know about the Tiny House project? What help is there with regard to financing and floor space? What is life in a Tiny House really like? And what motivates other community members to take this step? The lecture programme at the festival complements the exhibition and offers insights into successful self-build stories, topics such as self-sufficiency, sustainability and the search for a pitch, as well as informative literature.

Topic-relevant lectures with experts will pass on tips and tricks as well as experiences within the Tiny House community.

Among others, Kevin Rechsteiner, author of "Tiny House - Das große Handbuch", will give an introduction to the trendy topic and tell the story of the origins of the Tiny House movement in Europe. Dennis Czekalla, Berghaus, will answer the question of what it takes to be happy in a Tiny House and the Tiny House consultancy IndiViva from Schorndorf will address the possibilities of acquiring land for mobile houses, sustainability through longevity and go into the basics of land ownership.

Fredi Ozarem and Jana Lehman from the TinyEcoVillage initiative will show how Tiny Houses can be lived in collectively. Architect Mike Rissler and Argra engineer Katrin Pütz will discuss the Solidarity Building Industry (SoBaWi) and the mini-biogas plant as a component for Tiny Houses. In addition, Stefan Diekmann tells the success story of the first Tiny House Hotel in North Rhine-Westphalia PIER 9.

Relaxed festival atmosphere with food trucks invites you to stay a while

Various food trucks in the open air also invite visitors to linger. Street Cookery's takes visitors on a pleasure trip to India with their fresh curries. Leftovercooking's food truck has various vegetarian bowls in store. Classic bratwurst in a roll and chips are also available from showman Krusig. Fluidum will provide visitors with cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. Popice will provide a sweet conclusion or refreshment in between with their handmade ice cream on a stick.

The Media Lounge offers a place to read and inform. Media partners present themselves there and offer their magazines to take away free of charge.

2022-06-08
The dream of owning a small home - individual and flexible

Europe's largest Tiny House Festival will take place from 01 to 03 July 2022 at Messe Karlsruhe. Tiny House fans will meet here to discover the diversity of this small form of living. The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival will be accompanied by a varied programme of lectures. The exhibitors will show how every visitor can fulfil his or her dream of owning a tiny home.

Credit: Heinz Diekmann GmbH

Flexible living modules for every living situation

From shell to turnkey, Heinz Diekmann GmbH builds high-quality Tiny Houses in timber frame construction on car trailers. The conscious renunciation of anything superfluous creates more possibilities. The houses are mobile and can be individually designed. On offer are small self-sufficient holiday homes through to double houses with planning permission. "The Tiny House Festival in Karlsruhe is the meeting place for all Tiny House fans, manufacturers and supporters in Germany and neighbouring countries. As an industry meeting place for exchange and networking, an information exchange for the curious and a showroom for new products, the festival has firmly established itself in the Tiny House scene'', Heinz Diekmann GmbH is pleased to say.

Credit: Wöhltjen

"We don't just build furniture, we also build the whole house".

As an ideal complement to their furniture carpentry, Wöhltjen has also been building Tiny Houses since 2015. The mini houses are offered on wheels and also as small modular houses up to 50sqm. The traditional handicraft business attaches great importance to high-quality materials and production in Germany according to ecological standards. With the construction of a Tiny House, Wöhltjen enables sustainable and environmentally conscious living in nature or in the middle of the city and presents this at this year's NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival.

Credit: Aurora

Living in the place of your choice

Aurora Company from Poland wants to enable customers to live wherever they want. The houses are offered on specially adapted trailers that can be placed anywhere. The Tiny Houses are deliberately designed to replace a comfortable flat. They are delivered to any location across Europe, depending on needs and budget - from unfurnished to fully equipped houses.

Credit: Tiny House Studios

Reducing the ecological footprint

NEW HOUSING exhibitor Tinyhouse Studios is excited by the idea of reducing oneself materially, but still living comfortably in a home of one's own. Because living space becomes more affordable and the ecological footprint is reduced. And because Tiny Houses are a modern and exciting new form of living, which is a valuable addition to the spectrum of the real estate world. Master carpenter and certified designer Simon Hatzing and his team build modern Tiny Houses of the highest quality. They attach great importance to individuality, comfort, well thought-out design and environmentally conscious materials.

Credit: Tiny House und Wohnmobile GmbH

Sustainable living

At Tiny House und Wohnmobile GmbH from Wenzenbach, special emphasis is placed on quality and precision. With their Tiny Houses, they offer a high level of comfort as well as an excellent living experience. At the same time, the company pays attention to sustainable aspects when building the tiny houses: If desired, they can be equipped with a photovoltaic system during production. The possibility of connecting a precisely coordinated air-conditioning system is also already integrated into the shell.

Linking Tiny House developers and people interested in living there

Tiny Houses can be the solution for many communities when it comes to the interim use of land, the creation of social housing and the promotion of ecological solutions. VILCOMO are a kind of general planner, developer and manager for communities. The company uses the versatility of Tiny Houses to give communities the opportunity to complement local structures and create housing for a certain period of time. "The Tiny House Festival is a wonderful opportunity to discover the versatility but also the quality of Tiny Houses. VILCOMO is the first and so far only company that sees itself as an interface between all parties involved. We connect the communities with people interested in living and the Tiny House developers", says Fabian Müller from VILCOMO. "That is what Tiny Houses are all about. Working together on something and creating a sustainable solution with and for everyone."

Tiny Smart Home

Tiny houses express a way of life with a lower ecological fingerprint. They are versatile in use, individual in design and flexible in location. The Tiny Houses from TINY-HOUSE-WORLD.de, a brand of Projekta-SEN GmbH, can be built with building permission and are also street-legal. They are individually planned and manufactured according to the customer's wishes and feature a complete range of sophisticated technical equipment, including a SmartHome solution. If desired, the customer can also build his own Tiny House.

2022-05-10
Small living, big happiness

From 1 to 3 July 2022, the Tiny House community will meet at the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival at Messe Karlsruhe. A Tiny House village consisting of more than twenty houses, which can be visited, will be created in the green atrium, the outdoor area of Messe Karlsruhe. The exhibitors will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about tiny houses. The range of exhibitors will be supplemented by a varied programme of lectures and workshops on the subject of Tiny Houses. NEW HOUSING thus offers a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with manufacturers, suppliers, associations and even Tiny House residents. We give you an overview of the exhibitors' offerings.

A secure foundation for living on wheels

Based on decades of experience, the experts from AL-KO have developed a chassis for Tiny Houses, which they will present to visitors at the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival. The AL-KO chassis allows different body lengths and individual superstructures. The hot-dip galvanised chassis and the multi-stage testing process of the AL-KO Chassis is durable and brings with it the highest level of safety.

More freedom through fewer obligations

True to the vision that everyone can fulfil the dream of their own four walls, NEW HOUSING exhibitor TINY HOMELAND creates more quality of life through intelligent use of living space. Sustainable living in a small space provides time and freedom through fewer obligations. The two compact mini-homes presented at the fair are suitable as permanent homes, for holidays and for daily rentals. TINY HOMELAND's compact modular houses meet new construction standards and are also suitable for main residence permits. According to TINY HOMELAND, NEW HOUSING is ''the meeting place'' for lovers of small living."

The aspen shingle façade of the Tiny House by GOAHTE blends perfectly into any natural landscape. (Credit: GOAHTE)
The aspen shingle façade of the Tiny House by GOAHTE blends perfectly into any natural landscape. (Credit: GOAHTE)

Traditionally from the peoples of the north.

GOAHTE builds portable houses and saunas using natural materials, state-of-the-art technology and beautiful design. The construction method is based on the traditional dwellings of the peoples of the North. The aspen shingle façade blends perfectly into any natural landscape. The buildings of the Finnish manufacturer are suitable for placement in nature reserves, as the flat ground and the low weight do not exert much pressure on the subsoil. GOAHTE is very much looking forward to the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival and can hardly wait to make new friends and partnerships.

The Tiny Houses by the exhibitorTiny House Factory are characterised by the multi-flamed Japanese cedar wood. (Credit: Tiny House Factory)
The Tiny Houses by the exhibitorTiny House Factory are characterised by the multi-flamed Japanese cedar wood. (Credit: Tiny House Factory)

Back to the roots

Tiny Houses in self-sufficient construction made of multi-flamed Japanese cedar wood and on wheels can be discovered at the exhibitor Tiny House Factory. The mini houses are sold, rented, leased and made available for holidays. Minimalist living but with maximum comfort and with sustainability in mind: the mobile Tiny Houses illustrate how little you need to be happy.

WiNZiG Wohnen's mini houses are planned by architects who pay great attention to functionality and design. (Credit: WiNZiG Wohnen)
WiNZiG Wohnen's mini houses are planned by architects who pay great attention to functionality and design. (Credit: WiNZiG Wohnen)

WiNZiG Living

Trade fair construction had been at a standstill for almost two years, so boss Matthias Thoben of Engelmann-Messebau thought he should invest the great skills of his carpenters, architects and civil engineers in a second mainstay: The construction of Tiny Houses. This idea has since become a project of the heart for the team, as Tiny Houses are now a fast-growing and sustainable trend topic. WiNZiG Wohnen's mini houses are planned by architects who pay great attention to functionality and design. The production and manufacturing by the carpenters takes place exclusively in Germany. As a start-up, WiNZig Wohnen is participating in the Tiny House Festival for the first time and is looking forward to meeting new people from the industry, exchanging ideas and having exciting conversations with the visitors on site.

2022-03-09
Sustainable, mobile, informative - The festival for Tiny House fans!
A Tiny House village with more than twenty different Tiny Houses is being created on the open-air grounds of Messe Karlsruhe, the landscaped atrium in the middle of the four exhibition halls. (Credit: Messe Karlsruhe/ Jürgen Rösner)
A Tiny House village with more than twenty different Tiny Houses is being created on the open-air grounds of Messe Karlsruhe, the landscaped atrium in the middle of the four exhibition halls. (Credit: Messe Karlsruhe/ Jürgen Rösner)

Whether it's a minimalist lifestyle, a retreat, a retirement home or a home office - the trend is towards smaller living and Tiny Houses are becoming increasingly popular. From 1 to 3 July 2022, the Tiny House community will meet at the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival at Messe Karlsruhe to experience the diversity and range of small, alternative forms of living. At Europe's largest Tiny House Festival, fans of alternative forms of living and those interested will have the opportunity to network with each other and to find out and exchange information about life in the smallest of spaces from manufacturers, suppliers, self-builders, clubs and associations.

"After a break of three years due to the pandemic, we are very pleased to finally be able to offer the Tiny House community a platform for live encounters again. With us, information and personal experiences can be exchanged in a relaxed festival atmosphere. The special thing about it: More than twenty Tiny Houses can be visited live to get even closer to the dream of owning your own little home," says Frank Thieme, project manager of the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival.

Manufacturers of tin houses will be available to answer questions and pass on first-hand information to interested parties. (Credit: Messe Karlsruhe/ Jürgen Rösner)
Manufacturers of tin houses will be available to answer questions and pass on first-hand information to interested parties. (Credit: Messe Karlsruhe/ Jürgen Rösner)

Tiny House Village with more than twenty houses

A Tiny House Village with more than twenty different Tiny Houses, which can be visited, is being created on the open-air grounds of Messe Karlsruhe, the green atrium in the middle of the four exhibition halls. Manufacturers will be on hand to answer questions and pass on first-hand information to interested visitors. Exhibitors from all over Germany will be there, including Schwörer Haus, the German Tiny House Manufacture and Heinz Dieckmann. For the first time, there will also be exhibitors from other European countries, including GOATHE SIA Jaunpuntuzi from Latvia and Aurora Company from Poland. "The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival is a great and important event where you can network and exchange ideas," say Don Ehrenbrink & Stephan Wöhltjen from Konzept Tischlerei Wöhltjen. They will present their Tiny House on Wheels and modular buildings at the festival.

First-hand information in a relaxed festival atmosphere

Topic-relevant lectures with experts from the community will pass on tips and tricks on the construction of Tiny Houses, minimalist living or building law issues to the visitors. "Above all, the desire for personal exchange and relaxed networking has increased in the Tiny House community in recent months. Our festival in the open air and in the countryside is the ideal place for a relaxed exchange with like-minded people. Visitors will find the right people to talk to about their minimalist, alternative lifestyle," says Thieme. Another new feature in 2022 will be the exhibition in the entrance area of the fair. There, Tiny House associations and the Tiny House Association, of which Messe Karlsruhe is a founding member, will present their work and be on hand to answer questions.

Various food trucks and a bar on the open-air site also invite visitors to linger. The Media Lounge offers a place to read and inform yourself. Media partners present themselves there and offer their magazines to take away free of charge.

2021-04-29
NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival will not take place again until 2022
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The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival cannot take place this year. Due to the lack of opening prospects for the trade fair and event sector and the associated lack of planning security, Messe Karlsruhe has decided to cancel Europe's largest Tiny House Festival. The next NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival will now take place at Messe Karlsruhe from 01 to 03 July 2022.

Managing Director Britta Wirtz explains the decision: "A festival requires several months of preparation. Despite permanently further developed corona protection concepts that can be adapted to the current situation, there are still no sufficiently concrete opening perspectives for the industry that now offer our customers, partners and colleagues the planning security they need for July 2021." The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival can therefore not take place again until 2022.

"Of course, we will remain in constant contact with the Tiny House community until the festival in July 2022" says Frank Thieme, Project Manager of the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival. "As a founding member, we will continue to be in close exchange with Germany's first Tiny House Association. We continuously inform our exhibitors, visitors and partners via our social networks and in personal conversations. To enrich the Tiny House industry with networking and exchange of experiences until our next event, we are also currently working on possible community formats."

Already in 2020, the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival had to be postponed by one year due to the pandemic situation. The festival was now scheduled to take place from 2 to 4 July 2021 at the Messe Karlsruhe. All tickets already purchased, which remained valid from the previous year, will be refunded. Details on the ticket refund and further information on the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival are available online at www.new-housing.de.

2020-11-18
NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival moves to July
Consultation at the Tiny House
Consultation at the Tiny House at the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival. Karlsruhe Trade Fair/Jürgen Rösner

Europe's largest Tiny House Festival will now take place two weeks later from 2 to 4 July 2021 at Messe Karlsruhe.

The current course of the Corona pandemic as well as the drastic measures for public life that the federal states put into effect at the beginning of November are the reason why Messe Karlsruhe has rescheduled its event portfolio with foresight. "In consultation with exhibitors, sponsors, advisory boards and associations, we looked for dates in our calendar that fit the respective event in the market environment and are accepted by the industry," explains Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe.

Overview into the atrium of the fair
View into the atrium of the trade fair during the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner

Project manager Frank Thieme on the date adjustment: "We hope that the July date will be an even better starting point in view of the current situation. A large part of our festival takes place outdoors. Therefore, the slightly later summer date with presumably lower infection figures and good weather forecasts can only make us look positively at the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival 2021." The event, which is extremely popular with the Tiny House community, had been postponed to a June date next year at the end of March due to the spread of the Corona virus. The show was originally scheduled to take place from 19 to 21 June 2020.

Tickets purchased by visitors for the Tiny House Festival will remain valid for the 2021 event.

NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival

Europe's largest Tiny House Festival shows the diversity of the alternative living trend. Those interested in Tiny Houses can visit and order more than 20 different Tiny Houses. In lectures and workshops, visitors will learn everything about living in a Tiny House. The community meeting offers manufacturers, outfitters, self-builders, associations and fans of mobile houses the opportunity to network and exchange ideas.

2020-06-15
New date set for NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival
The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival, which was postponed due to the Corona pandemic, will now take place from 18 to 20 June 2021 on the grounds of Messe Karlsruhe. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner
The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival, which was postponed due to the Corona pandemic, will now take place from 18 to 20 June 2021 on the grounds of Messe Karlsruhe. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner

Europe's largest Tiny House Festival had been postponed at the end of March due to the spread of the corona virus and was originally scheduled to take place from 19 to 21 June 2020.

"We are pleased that a new date for the fair has been set and that we will be able to welcome all participants to Karlsruhe next year. Our goal is to create a successful event, namely Europe's largest festival for new living in Tiny Houses. By communicating the new event date early on, we want to give exhibitors, partners and visitors planning security," emphasises Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe.

Tickets purchased by visitors for the Tiny House Festival will remain valid for the 2021 event.

2020-03-30
NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival 2020 postponed
Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner
It is therefore with great regret that we and our partners have today agreed to postpone the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival", says Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner

Due to the dynamic spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), Messe Karlsruhe has decided to move the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival to late spring 2021. "For us, the personal well-being of our exhibitors, speakers, visitors and staff comes first. It is therefore with great regret that we have agreed today, together with our partners, to postpone the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival", says Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe.

It is very important to Messe Karlsruhe to provide early information about the postponement of the event, which would actually have taken place from 19 to 21 June 2020. This is to prevent any damage to the participants of the festival.

In recent weeks, Messe Karlsruhe has received an increasing number of enquiries from concerned exhibitors and visitors who, in order to protect their health, would like to refrain from participating in June 2020 due to the Corona pandemic. Currently, the number of people infected with the corona virus (Covid-19) continues to rise exponentially. Drastic measures have been taken to stop the further spread of the coronavirus. Whether and when these measures will have an effect is currently not foreseeable. It is also unclear how long the massive restrictions on public life and work will remain in place.

The new event date in spring 2021 will be announced as soon as possible. Messe Karlsruhe will provide information on all current developments on the event website new-housing.de and on the social media channels Facebook facebook.com/NewHousing.Karlsruhe and Instagram instagram.com/new_housing_karlsruhe.

NEW HOUSING – Tiny House Festival

Europas größtes Tiny House Festival zeigt die Vielfalt des alternativen Wohntrends. Tiny House-Interessierte können über 20 verschiedene Tiny Houses besichtigen und bestellen. In Vorträgen und Workshops erfahren die Besucher alles rund um das Leben im Tiny House. Das Community-Treffen bietet Herstellern, Ausstattern, Selbstbauern, Vereinen sowie Fans der mobilen Häuser die Möglichkeit sich untereinander zu vernetzen und auszutauschen.

2020-02-28
NEW HOUSING 2020: Europe's largest Tiny House Festival at Messe Karlsruhe
Interested visitors will be able to see over 20 different Tiny Houses at Messe Karlsruhe from 19 to 21 June 2020. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner
Interested visitors will be able to see over 20 different Tiny Houses at Messe Karlsruhe from 19 to 21 June 2020. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner

Europe's largest Tiny House Festival will showcase the entire diversity of the alternative living trend from 19 to 21 June 2020 at Messe Karlsruhe. For the third time, interested visitors will be able to view over 20 different Tiny Houses and choose a model. The fair also offers a platform for networking and exchange within the Tiny House community. The atrium of the exhibition grounds serves as an exhibition space for the mobile houses and offers the perfect festival atmosphere with food trucks and lounges.

Newcomers and established exhibitors show range of Tiny Houses

The NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival will welcome some new exhibitors in 2020. Among others, the carpentry Stefan Giesen, carpentry Mayer and the concept carpentry Wöhltjen will participate for the first time. Stephan Wöhltjen specialises above all in the construction of small transportable guest houses ("Tiny Guest House"). AL-KO Fahrzeugtechnik is also exhibiting for the first time at the Tiny House Festival and is presenting chassis as the foundation for different variants of Tiny Houses. The chassis have a modular frame concept and thus enable different body lengths and individual superstructures. Wikkelhouse shows that living "tiny" is not only possible on wheels. The Dutch company presents a Tiny House without a mobile base: the house, which is made of 24 layers of cardboard and clad in wood, can be extended at will and thus adapted for different phases of life. The whole range of different Tiny House designs will also be presented by 2020 by well-known Tiny House manufacturers such as Tiny House Diekmann. Konstruktion und Design c. kienel will also be taking part in the event, which is unique in Europe, for the second time and will be showing Tiny Houses with road approval as well as mini houses in log construction.

The atrium of the exhibition grounds serves as an exhibition space and provides the perfect festival atmosphere. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner
The atrium of the exhibition grounds serves as an exhibition space and provides the perfect festival atmosphere. Photo: Messe Karlsruhe/Jürgen Rösner

Minimalist furniture for space-saving interior design

For the first time, the Tiny House Festival will also occupy the Action Hall, which is directly adjacent to the Tiny House Village in the Atrium of the Exhibition Centre. The exhibition "MINIMAX Furniture for a Tiny House" in cooperation with Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences will show functional furniture for small rooms and offer inspiration for the space-saving furnishing of one's own four Tiny House walls. Interested visitors can obtain information about mobile living from Tiny House associations from all over Germany as well as from the "Tiny House-Verband e.V." for the German-speaking region, which was newly founded at Messe Karlsruhe.

Lectures and workshops for more exchange on the Tiny House

Tiny House fans can look forward to an extensive programme of lectures. In lectures and workshops, visitors will learn everything about life in a Tiny House. They can meet Tiny House residents and self-builders and benefit from their knowledge. In addition, manufacturers, suppliers and consultancies will provide insights into their work and clarify the most important questions that arise before deciding to build a Tiny House. The experts will address both the legal framework and individual ideas about life in a Tiny House.

The community meeting at Messe Karlsruhe offers manufacturers, outfitters, self-builders, associations and fans of mobile houses the opportunity to network and exchange ideas. In addition, interested parties will find everything they need to build a Tiny House themselves.

2019-10-14
Tiny House Association founded for the German-speaking region
Founding members of the first Tiny House Association e. V. in the German-speaking world
Founding members of the Tiny House Verband e. V. (from left to right): Kay Stülpnagel (KMS Tiny House), Stephan Wöhltjen (Tiny-Guest-House), Frank Thieme (Project Manager of NEW Housing - Tiny House Festival of Messe Karlsruhe), Michael Heller (Tiny House Manufaktur), Britta Wirtz (Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe), Markus Berger (Bauwagenwerk), Regina Schleyer (Tiny House Verein Karlsruhe), Dieter Puhane (Tiny House Rheinau), Vera Lindenbauer (Tiny House Diekmann), Simon Hatzing (Tiny House Studios), Michael Schittenhelm (Probemi), Kai Stückmann (Probemi) and Stefan Diekmann (Tiny House Diekmann). Photo: Messe Karlsruhe, Martin Wagenhan

The first association for the Tiny House community was founded on 12 October at the Messe Karlsruhe. The association "Tiny House Verband e. V." wants to establish itself as the mouthpiece of the Tiny House industry and in particular strengthen public relations for a relatively new form of housing. "For the foundation of a central association for the Tiny House industry, the Karlsruhe fairground is the perfect place, because this is where our NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival takes place every year. This platform has provided the meeting point for the community and thus laid the foundation for the association. As a market companion and supporter of the Tiny House scene, Messe Karlsruhe is also a founding member of the association," emphasises Britta Wirtz, Managing Director of Messe Karlsruhe.

The association's goals are to support local authorities, to establish an association platform and a network between the various Tiny House players. The association is interested in bringing together people interested in Tiny Houses with manufacturers as well as associations, consultants or providers of Tiny House-related services. "All basic information on the topic of Tiny Houses in German-speaking countries is to be bundled and communicated on the association's platform. In addition, our association will act as a contact point for politicians and local authorities," reports Regina Schleyer, chairwoman of the newly founded interest group.

The commitment to founding a central Tiny House organisation was very great. Together, the Tiny House experts worked out a constitution and elected the members of the board.

About the NEW HOUSING - Tiny House Festival

The festival, which is unique in Germany, will take place for the third time at the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre from 19 to 21 June 2020 and will showcase the diversity of the alternative living trend. Manufacturers, architects, craftsmen and self-builders as well as fans of the mobile houses and the newly founded association will exchange ideas at the meeting of the Tiny House community. At the last edition of the festival in May 2019, more than 10,000 visitors gathered information from 20 Tiny House manufacturers.

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